i was rewatching the release of last year's the Unusuals all 13 episodes..and i am still convinced this was one of the best things on last year. Of course it breaks my heart that it was killed in the cradle, like many good things.

I also thought that the 8 episodes of 2008's "New Amsterdam" wasn't given a chance but then...it was on Fox which is known for killing it's babies.it would have done much better on USA or SciFi.

I was wondering what other shows folks thought were mercilessly killed before they had a chance?

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HGervais wrote:Profit...a Fox series that was so far ahead of its time and one that offended so many people it was pulled after 3 or 4 episodes. On DVD and worth watching.

I second this vote... I think the show was too far ahead of its time... after Enron, BP, and all the other evil corporations out there... PROFIT seems to should have been called PROPHET. It came at a time when the economy was good, unemployment was low, and people trusted big companies. It was like AMERICAN PSYCHO, only an even better adaptation of that book than what the movie did.

There are so many quality shows killed in prime time. PUSHING DAISIES anybody?

Any Joss Wheedon show apart from ANGEL or BUFFY (one ran just long enough and the other wore out its welcome) seems to be killed far too soon. I certainly grieve for FIREFLY, but also for DOLLHOUSE. I enjoyed the heck out of both.

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BrettCullum wrote:Any Joss Wheedon show apart from ANGEL or BUFFY (one ran just long enough and the other wore out its welcome) seems to be killed far too soon. I certainly grieve for FIREFLY, but also for DOLLHOUSE. I enjoyed the heck out of both.

Angel really needed one more season. The final season was so ridiculously rushed, it was obvious that they were desperately trying to tie things up. The Illyria and Thorn Circle (?) had so much more potential.

BrettCullum wrote:Any Joss Wheedon show apart from ANGEL or BUFFY (one ran just long enough and the other wore out its welcome) seems to be killed far too soon. I certainly grieve for FIREFLY, but also for DOLLHOUSE. I enjoyed the heck out of both.

Angel really needed one more season. The final season was so ridiculously rushed, it was obvious that they were desperately trying to tie things up. The Illyria and Thorn Circle (?) had so much more potential.

Agreed. The idea Whedon had for season 8 of Angel & his gang losing the fight and having L.A. transported to Hell would have been awesome.

Buffy probably should have just stayed dead the second time.

Agreed again. I think season 6 is better in retrospect than when it was airing but season 7 is just a mess from start to finish.

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Let me add the surprisingly goofy and incredibly fun The Middleman, I was given a moneyback guarantee at a local DVD place on this, and at 19.99 for the entire season I took the plunge. X-Files meets Men In Black meets Airplane! The gags are fast and furious, the captions "The illegal sublet that Wendy shares with another young and photogenic artist" are ingenious, and the stars have a great chemistry. Why wasn't this given a chance to find a following???

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There was a US drama shown on a digital channel called The Nine which was terminated prematurely (in my opinion) by its producers or whoever makes such decisions. The programme flitted in time about events before, during and after a bank robbery, and the effect on the characters involved. It was not without its flaws, but it held my interest more than most series of its kind, and I did not think it deserved its fate (cancelled well before it had reached its conclusion because of poor ratings). Just a personal opinion, but I find the big weakness of many US series is that they meander on far too long and go down too many plot sidelines, so viewers lose patience and interest, particularly those of us who have limited time to watch TV. I appreciate that studios like to milk something which attracts a big audience early on, but the plots of these long running big budget series are rarely pacey enough to hook me, nor do I find the cliffhangers at the end of each episode sufficiently suspenseful to induce me to ensure I am in front of the TV at the same time next week (and for weeks and weeks to come). It was for this reason that I gave up Lost and Heroes at an early stage. However, The Nine seemed to be written more tightly than most, so I was surprised it was canned.